Middle East

What three religion did not begin in the Middle East?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

This city is considered holy for many religions.

• Mecca, Saudi Arabia

• Bombay, India

• Jerusalem, Israel

• Tokyo, Japan

Who are the main groups fighting in Israel?

• Palestinian Arabs

• Egyptian Muslims

• Christians

• Israeli Jews

What important natural resource can be found throughout the Persian Gulf area?

• water

• oil/petroleum

• diamonds

• arable cropland

What is the name of the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?

• Yemen

• Saudi Arabia

• Oman

• United Arab Emirates

The source of a major conflict in the Middle East is the 1947 U.N. decision to give an area known as Palestine to Jews leaving Europe after the...

• Treaty of Versailles

• Holocaust

• pogroms targeting them

What country is #1

• Egypt
• Turkey
• Israel
• Syria

What country is #5

• Israel
• Syria
• Jordan
• Lebanon

What country is #16

• Iran
• Kuwait
• Afghanistan
• Iraq

What country is #8

• Lebanon
• Jordan
• Israel
• Egypt